ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- Apollo Endosurgery U.S., Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (9,655,757) developed by three co-inventors for an "endolumenal esophageal restriction device." The co-inventors are Justin Schwab, Santa Barbara, California, Zachary Dominguez, Santa Barbara, California, and Jason Metzner, Covington, Washington.

The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2015 (14/874,584). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Pa . . .